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in the extreme en · ADP
Meanings
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To a very great or excessive degree.
The surroundings become bleak in the extreme as the timber line is approached and trees give place to thinly scattered birches that are little more than bushes.
1957 August 14, H. A. Vallance, “By Rail to the Norwegian Arctic”, in Railway Magazine, page 574:It was rude in the extreme to act the way he did at the funeral.
But after so many questions and criticism, it would be churlish in the extreme to not give great credit after the manner of England's performance here.
2024 November 14, Phil McNulty, “'A night of redemption for Carsley offers real hope for Tuchel'”, in BBC Sport: